The increased costs of donation after cardiac death liver transplantation: Caveat emptor

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 743-748

  Jay, Colleen L ^a   Lyuksemburg, Vadim ^a   Kang, Raymond ^a   Preczewski, Luke ^a   Stroupe, Kevin ^a,b   Holl, Jane L ^a   Abecassis, Michael M ^a   Skaro, Anton I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BRAIN DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77950859230     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d3d3da     Document Type: Article

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